Before My Time is about the ancestry and extended family of my four grandparents: John Samuel Krentz (Indiana/North Dakota), Margreta Tjode Hedwig (Gertie) Buss (North Dakota), Rosmer Pettis Kerr (Pennsylvania/Michigan), and Evelyn Elvina Hauer (Michigan), and other topics in genealogy and family history.

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Saturday, June 12, 2010

In 1894, Joseph Meyer Schulte and his wife, Alvina Tobian, were blessed with three grandchildren, one born to each of their three oldest children. (Their youngest son Ted was just eight years old at that time.) I estimate this picture to have been taken circa 1901, give or take.

The grandchildren, left to right, were:

Mamie, born to Joseph's daughter Ida on 9 May 1894.

Elmer, born to Joseph's son Rudolph on 4 August 1894.

Evelyn, born to Joseph's daughter Elizabeth on 1 April 1894.

In essence, these three grew up as 'only' children and in some ways took the place of siblings in each other's lives. Evelyn (my grandmother) was great friends with Mamie all her life. And when my mother was born, Evelyn chose Elmer (Cheryl's grandfather) to be Mom's godfather.

I think Elmer resembles both of the girls to some extent, but the girls don't resemble each other. What do you think?

Cheryl, I just realized this picture would have been taken about the same time period (1901-1902) that Lizzie and Ida were living together at 806 Rivard, so Mamie and Evelyn were living like sisters at the time. Then Lizzie got married at the end of 1902, so she and Evelyn would have moved to George Corneilson's house on Townsend.

Thanks for commenting on my blog today. I wanted to tell you that yesterday at Plimoth Plantation they re-created the Hopkins wedding (even though it took place in England). It was the first pre-1620 event re-created there. I hope they post lots of photos for you Hopkins descendants.

Isn't this a great one, Kathleen! You know, Evelyn had TB of the bone when she was about 3 (which is when her father died of TB). It left her with a badly curved spine. Otherwise, she would be standing about as tall as Mamie in this photo.

Our Family in Books: A Bibliography

My Ancestors in Books (a library of resources and notes pertaining to Reverend Samuel Stone, Major General Robert Sedgwick, Elder John Crandall, and other early Americans in the forest where my family tree was grown)

History of St. James Lutheran Church [full title: A little of this and a little of that in the 141 year (1861-2002) History of St. James Lutheran Church, Reynolds Indiana] by Harold B. Dodge, published at Reynolds, Indiana, 2002; 170 pages.

Lisbon, North Dakota 1880-2005 Quasuicentennial, published at Lisbon, North Dakota in 2005; 391 pages.